For this episode of The Food Fight, Stef and Simon take a trip to Newtown and catch up with Oscar Mcmahon and Rich Adamson from Young Henrys Brewing. The guys talk about how authenticity and an uncompromising connection to place and community has helped build their business, as well as chats about the changing craft beer scene, the Young Henrys approach to sustainability and how their new algae fuelled bioreactor hopes to help move brewing towards carbon neutrality.

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For this Small Bites Food Fight episode - Libby Cupitt and Stef share their suggestions for places to eat, drink, stay and play on the South Coast. Book a holiday, share it around and support the region.

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A two part Food Fight Podcast, Stef and Simon make a trip to The South Coast of NSW to catch up with Matt Upson from Tallwood Eatery in Mollymook and Libby Cupitt from Cupitt's Winery in Milton to talk about the impact of the South Coast bushfires on business in the area. Libby and Matt take us through their experiences of the events, how it has impacted their businesses and their plans to move towards recovery.

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For the first episode of The Food Fight Podcast Stef and Simon chat about the reasons for re-booting the podcast, what they've been up to for the last six months, and of course the continued wage theft saga which has crescendoed this week with Dinner By Heston closing and George Calombaris's MADE Establishments going into voluntary administration.

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Stef, Andy and Simon take it old school with Andy's last Gong Show podcast. Simon is hungover, we taste some beers, and we chat shit about the podcast, how far Andy and Simon's restaurants have come, all mixed with a healthy dose of bitching about George Calombaris.

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From a VOX fm "Food for Thought" Community radio show, Stef and Simon are joined in the studio by Simon and Adrian Biada from My Square Metre. Through My Square Metre, Adrian educates the public about sustainable agriculture and builds urban farms for a variety of types of organisations, all over the country. We talk everything from the challenges of agriculture, to building a productive garden for a restaurant to how to grow coriander.

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Simon, Stef and Andy sit down with Dash Rumble and Ross McQuinn from Pilot Restaurant in Canberra during their collaboration series with Babyface Kitchen in Wollongong. We chat about the conception and rationale behind opening a new venue, the experience of a first year of  operation and the challenges and rewards of being new business owners.

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Simon and Stef sit down for a chat with 400 Gradi's "Mr Pizza" - Johnny Di Francesco. Beginning with a humble Neapolitan pizzeria in Brunswick, Melbourne - Gradi Group now has venues in Adelaide, Crown Melbourne, Auckland, The Yarra Valley, Bahrain, Kuwait, on board a P & O cruise ship and in Texas. We talk about the realities of growing a business to this scale while keeping reverence for quality, passion and tradition.

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Stef, Andy & Simon chat with Libby Cupitt from Cupitt's Winery, Restaurant, Farm, Brewery, and Fromagerie about the story of Cupitts and the motivations behind, and practicality of the continual progression of a business. We also talk about food culture on the South Coast and the importance of a supportive local business network.

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Stef, Andy and Simon sit down with Executive chef at Aria restaurant, Joel Bickford. We chat about Joel's journey in food, the transition to heading up the kitchen at one of Australia's top venues and the differences between running regional and metropolitan restaurants.

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